Property Rights and Planning in a Changing Economy, International Academic Association on Planning, Law and Property Rights

February 13-15, 2013, Portland, Oregon, USA

Registration Deadline: January 11, 2013

Submission Deadline: August 31, 2012

Papers are now invited for the 7th International conference of the International Academic Association on Planning, Law, and Property Rights, which will be held from the 13th through the 15th of February at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, USA. The conference brings together scholarsfrom around the world to present innovative research and engage in interdisciplinary exchange related to the theme of the Association - the study of the connections, in the broadest sense, between land and natural resource use, planning, and legal systems.

THEME: The 2013 conference theme is property rights and planning during a period of global economic restructuring. Secondary, place-specific themes include the American property rights movement and a retrospective and prospective look at Oregon's landmark statewide land-use planning program, which celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2013.

TOPICS: We invite papers on all topics related to law and planning, including all legal aspects of urban, regional, and rural planning; land use regulation; growth management/agricultural land protection, property rights, expropriation and compensation; housing; and public-private partnerships. We encourage submissions from researchers working in such areas as planning policy and practice, land economics, environmental justice, climate change, and urbanization and land access in the global south. Early career scholars and PhD students are particularly welcome! We invite papers on all topics related to law and planning, including, but not limited to the following:

- Changing institutional and organizational forms in planning (e.g., neoliberal land tenure reforms; impacts of economic restructuring on the spatial scales of planning)

- Planning and property regimes for ocean and coastal areas

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Abstracts should be submitted by email no later than August 15, 2012, by Email: PLPR2013@pdx.edu. Abstracts will be reviewed and notification sent by email to the person or persons submitting.

The Abstract submission should contain the following information:

1. Name, professional affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address for the presenter and all co-authors. Doctoral or other graduate students should identify themselves and their supervisors, as we are organizing an additional PhD-meeting during the conference.

2. Title of paper

3. Abstract paragraphs - maximum of 600 words.

4. Keywords - up to a maximum of 4 words or short terms (e.g., propertyrights).

FURTHER INFORMATION: For further information, contact: Professor Ellen Bassett,bassette@pdx.edu